how to beat home video games
in 1982, vestron video did a series of walkthroughs of games on atari 2600, atari 5200, intellivision, colecovision and vectrex called how to beat home video games. it's only 3 volumes and also 1 hour long each. the only reason why you should find it riffable is because nobody cares about these systems anymore.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/49167/late-movies-how-beat-home-video-games-1982
https://archive.org/details/How_To_Beat_Home_Video_Games_-_Vol.1_The_Best_Games_Vestron_1982
https://archive.org/details/How_To_Beat_Home_Video_Games_-_Vol.2_The_Hot_New_Games_Vestron_1982
https://archive.org/details/How_To_Beat_Home_Video_Games_-_Vol.3_Arcade_Quality_for_The_Home_Vestron_1982
Tyler J Goolsby
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Dav Broom
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That actually sounds like a perfect fit for riffing, especially because those old instructional tapes take themselves so seriously. The outdated graphics, stiff narration, and overly dramatic explanations would be comedy gold today, even for people who never owned those systems. It also taps into the same retro game nostalgia you still see online in places like https://onga.io/, where classic game concepts are kept alive in a more modern and playful way.
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Albert Andujar commented
Just because I'm a retro gamer, and still care about these consoles, I STILL want these riffed! Voted! Would be perfect because it would open a market for the Atari/Colecovision/Intellevision/Vectrex fans!